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Monkeypox

Coverage of the 2022 monkeypox outbreak: expert advice, data, analysis, and more.

Anal and oral sex spread monkeypox. Let’s talk about it.

By Keren Landman August 17, 2022

The US monkeypox response is failing queer men

By Alex Abad-Santos August 11, 2022

7 of your most pressing monkeypox vaccine questions, answered

By Keren Landman August 8, 2022

Monkeypox should have been easily controllable. How did we fail so badly?

By Kelsey Piper August 5, 2022

The smallpox vaccine stockpile isn’t the monkeypox solution we need — yet

By Keren Landman July 29, 2022

Why the WHO finally declared monkeypox a global public health emergency

By Keren Landman July 23, 2022

Yes, monkeypox is a real threat — but risk level varies

By Keren Landman June 9, 2022

Stop scolding people for worrying about monkeypox

By Kelsey Piper May 28, 2022

How bad could the monkeypox outbreak get?

By Keren Landman May 27, 2022

What we know so far about monkeypox

By Keren Landman May 23, 2022